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Posted by guv on 11/14/06 22:57
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:02:47 -0000, "Andrew" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
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>> Since using mailwasher I think I am getting more, I think when I bounce
>> back to them it encourages them to send me more. I hope this isn't true
>> but yes there is alot more out there.
>>
>> Dave
>
> If your boincing back using your own email address probably not a good
>idea.
>You can change this to bounce back with a different email address
>
>I strongly recommend you dont bounce at all ( i delete) because the email
>address they come from
>are all bogus and usually they use someone elses genuine email address, who
>then receives the bounces. Ive experienced this
>
>To contact the spammers you have to click the link in their emails rather
>than reply to their emails directly
>
Yup, couldn't agree more. My own domain is being used by spammers in
the "return to" field. I havent noticed any users bouncing these
mails, but certainly I get tons of them "returned" to me by servers
from "unknown" accounts.
Every now and then I seek vengence by looking at sites I am being
spammed with and plonk abuse back at them. It wont make any
difference, but makes me feel good at the time!
Another annoying thing I have noticed is on forums I host. Whilst they
never get to post anything, their www address is posted in the members
listing until I delete them. This is done for search engine status. It
doesnt help them (because I delete daily) and is pointless to everyone
concerned. There are ways to make their "membership" pointless, but at
the detriment to genuine users.
I probably currently get between 150 to 200 spam emails and about 10
"new forum members" per day. So it definately is getting worse from
my perspective.
Strangely my genuine throwaway email address I use here, receives far
less than I would have expected.
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